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DRAFT <br />F:ALICE\RFSOWRK\CURRENT\ Specialized Services Prof Serv Contract-KPB <br />PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT <br />BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF PARIS <br />AND KEEP PARIS BEAUTIFLTL <br />STATE OF TEXAS § <br />KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: <br />COUNTY OF LAMAR § <br />This Professional Services Agreement, hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement, " entered <br />into by and between the City of Paris, a municipality and home rule city with its offices located <br />at 125 First Street S. E. , in the City of Paris, Lamar County, Texas, hereinafter referred to as <br />"CITY" and Keep Paris Beautiful whose offices are located at 1125 Bonham Street, in the City <br />of Paris, Lamar County, Texas, hereinafter referred to as "SERVICE ORGANIZATION". <br />WITNESSETH <br />WHEREAS, SERVICE ORGANIZATION possesses certain specialized expertise, <br />personnel, equipment, and training necessary to provide certain community-based specialized <br />services unique to said organization and unavailable from any other readily available source; and, <br />WHEREAS, CITY desires to enter into a Professional Services Agreement for SERVICE <br />ORGANIZATION to provide such specialized services to CITY; and, <br />WHEREAS, contracting with SERVICE ORGANIZATION to provide said specialized <br />services will benefit CITY by: 1) avoiding duplication of services; 2) providing specialized <br />services in a more efficient manner and at a lower cost by operating at a much larger scale than <br />CITY is able to operate; 3) being generally acknowledged in the community and recognized as <br />an established source of said services with well established procedures and processes for <br />performing such services; 4) being a recognized source in the community for specialized expertise <br />in the area of said specialized services; 5) having performed such services successfully for a <br />lengthy period of time; 6) allowing CITY's employees to focus on other issues more directly <br />related to their primary function; and, <br />WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that contracting with said SERVICE <br />ORGANIZATION will benefit the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the City of Paris <br />in the furtherance of a public purpose; NOW, THEREFORE, <br />FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THESE PREMISES, and the mutual <br />consideration as set out herein, CITY and SERVICE ORGANIZATION agree as follows: <br />